{"id":204416,"date":"2025-10-11T02:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204416\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T02:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:25:08","slug":"alexander-zverev-confirms-if-toni-nadal-could-be-his-new-coach-by-the-australian-open-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204416\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev confirms if Toni Nadal could be his new coach by the Australian Open next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexander Zverev is looking for a switch-up in his coaching team amid poor form on the ATP Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The German, still ranked third in the world, has endured a difficult second half to the season, crashing out in the early stages of several tournaments, including Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n

Recently, Zverev\u2019s Asian swing ended in disappointment<\/a>, having bowed out in the third round of the Shanghai Masters<\/a> to Arthur Rinderknech.<\/p>\n

One potential candidate to become his next head coach is Rafael Nadal<\/a>\u2018s uncle, Toni Nadal, whom the 28-year-old trained with in the summer. <\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Lintao Zhang\/Getty ImagesAlexander Zverev discusses potential appointment of Toni Nadal<\/p>\n

In July, Zverev worked with Nadal<\/a> for a brief period in Mallorca ahead of the North American hard-court swing.<\/p>\n

He spent 10 days with him, and said it was an \u2018amazing\u2019 experience, before revealing he was trying to convince the Spaniard to spend more weeks with him.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports<\/a> recently, Zverev<\/a> issued an update on their current relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in touch,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are talking a lot about what next year could possibly look like. But so far, there is no news, and I will update you guys when I know more.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what he would like next year to look like, he responded: \u201cI would like him to come to Australia with me to start, so we will see!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ToniPhoto by Jean Catuffe\/Getty ImagesWhat Toni Nadal has previously said about Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n

Nadal has been vocal in the past about where Zverev can improve his game.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Sport.de<\/a> in July, the legendary coach said: \u201c[With] Zverev it\u2019s a mental problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example last year when he played against [Carlos] Alcaraz in the Roland Garros final, he won the third set and start the fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this moment he knows he plays against Alcaraz, Alcaraz is a wonderful player. This is a moment when you have to put a lot of attention in these first games. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn this moment Zverev played, in the first game, he was in troubles with his team, he started to talk, and within 10 minutes it was 4-0 or 4-1 to Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what can happen. I don\u2019t say this to be bad to Zverev, because I appreciate him, but for me, he has to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev has yet to capture an elusive Grand Slam title in his career, and it will only get harder for him as Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> continue to improve. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Alexander Zverev is looking for a switch-up in his coaching team amid poor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[5244,64,63,85,747,5245],"class_list":{"0":"post-204416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-toni-nadal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}